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Agriculture Industry
‘Scientific tools need of the hour for smart farming’edit
With he demand for food grains in India projected to be around 405 million tonne per annum by 2050, scientific tools and technologies should be employed for smart farming to boost production and minimise post harvest losses, said former Director General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Vice-Chancellor of Central Agricultural University, Imphal Prof S Ayyappan. Speaking at the 38th convocation of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) here on Saturday Prof Ayyappan said, “India being one of the largest agriculture economy has achieved the highest ever food grain production of over 288 million tonnes.
Amount owed by insurers to farmers at all-time highedit
When the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the country’s flagship crop insurance scheme was launched in June 2016, the idea was to replace complicated, multiple insurance schemes running simultaneously with one simple plan for the whole country. Any farmer with a crop loan gets enrolled automatically and pays between 1.5% and 2% of the premium, while the rest is shared 50:50 by the Centre and states.
Dairy Farming
Shutdown of dairy farms points to crisisedit
Three months ago, a group of dairy farmers handed over a list of 150-odd names along with phone numbers to Cooperation Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa in Chandigarh and requested him to do something about Punjab’s ‘new crisis’. The list pertained to the owners of dairy farms which were shut down in Mohali district alone in the recent past. The farmers were red-flagging the problems plaguing dairy farming in the state.
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‘Farmers must get a better deal’edit
In a career spanning almost four decades, RS Sodhi has worked in various capacities in the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF). In a telephonic interaction with Vijay C Roy, the Amul MD — who hails from a village near Ferozepur — stresses on steps to increase milk procurement as well as dairy farmers’ income.